Matthew Armstead is a community builder, facilitator, and organizer living in West Philadelphia. He works with Earth Quaker Action Team in a nonviolent direct action campaign to stop PNC Bank from financing mountaintop removal coal mining, and is a Training Associate with Training for Change.

Tar Sands Extraction and Keystone XL Pipeline Speaker:

Kevin Starbard has been both an Animal Rights and Environmental activist for over 25 years. He is an assistant organizer for Sea Shepherd Philadelphia, and is in the beginning stages of creating a local chapter of Rising Tide, a grassroots network of groups and individuals who take direct action to confront the root causes of climate change.

The Whole Fracking Enchilada Speaker:

Iris Marie Bloom is a lifelong social justice activist, writer, and peace worker. She worked for American Committee on Africa and War Resisters League in New York before New Society Publishers brought her to Philadelphia. Iris founded Women’s Anti-Violence Education (WAVE) in Philly, and now directs Protecting Our Waters. POW defends our communities, air, water, animal and human health, and climate against shale gas extraction, processing, distribution and use.

OK, since the speakers are supposed to speak for exactly three minutes each, perhaps that’s a bit of a buildup. The vital speakers are Tim DeChristopher and you, in discussion sparked by the documentary film “Bidder 70.” But we thought you’d want to know.

Also, don’t forget, you can use this event as an opportunity to donate to grassroots Protecting Our Waters, which fights fracking 24/20. So come. Watch. Listen. Discuss. Strategize. Share on Facebook. And think about what you can do to boost creativity and commitment in the movement against extreme energy extraction, the movement for a just and sustainable future, in these times.

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